The first image is of some activists in a lockdown blocking the gates to the Shell compound on the edge of Broadhaven Bay in Mayo in the west of Ireland today. The second image is taken from the point of view of a camp of activists supporting the local community in Rossport. The community are opposing the laying of a pipeline which will carry untreated high pressure gas from the sea, through their area to the Shell compound. This story is now coming to a head as the community opposes the arrival of the 'Solitare' - the largest pipelaying ship in the world working for Shell. This ship, visible in the image from the camp, is being 'protected' from the activists and locals by a number of Irish Navy ships. Direct actions and arrests on the water are now taking place on an almost daily basis in the area . Some of these arrests are of local fishermen who are asserrting their rights to continue working on their traditional fishing grounds. Other arrests have been of members of small fleets of activists in small inflatables. The Solitare withdrew from the area today and cited damage to their equipment from an unknown cause. They say they will be back in 48 hours.

Despite ongoing police disruption the Climate Camp is up and running in Kingsnorth in Kent, UK. The protesters, as well as setting up a temporary sustainable ecological community, are intent on using non-violent direct action to close the power station on Saturday 9th August. Last year a similar camp succeeded in shutting down the headquarters of BAA, the owners of Heathrow Airport, for 24 hours using similar tactics. That protest was directed at the planned extention of Heathrow through the addition of a third runway.